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The Great Sweet Wines of America
America’s winemakers from California to Virginia are producing some of the finest sweet wines on the market. We tasted hundreds of sweet wines for Report # 27 Sweet Wines of the World and found a...
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Book Review: American Wine by Jancis Robinson and Linda Murphy
American Wine, just published by the University of California Press, is a very ambitious effort to tell the story of wine in the U.S.—all 50 states, 206 AVA’s, 7 thousand producers, and almost one...
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David Lake: Patriarch of Washington State Syrah
David Lake David Lake (1943-2009) was one of the most influential pioneers in the history of the Washington State wine industry. He is credited with producing Washington State’s first...
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Mega-Floods and the Vineyards of Washington State
In the recent past (geologically speaking), Washington State was home to one of nature’s most cataclysmic events, which shaped the terrain and soils of the vineyards that today produce some of the...
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Pacific Rim: Washington’s Riesling Specialist
As we note in our Report # 38 The Wines of Washington State, Washington is by far the country’s most important producer of Riesling. With 6320 acres of vines, it has double California’s plantings and...
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Tenet Wines: Rhone Winemakers in Washington State
Two of the Southern Rhone’s premier winemakers—Michel Gassier and Philippe Cambie—have teamed up with Bob Bertheau of Chateau Ste. Michelle to make wines from Rhone varieties grown in Washington...
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American Riesling from the East and West Coasts
Excellent Riesling is now being produced on both the East and West coasts of the US. In this article, we review recent releases of several of the most important American producers. These include Dr....
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Washington’s Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Rieslings: Outstanding Wines, Incredible...
Washington State is by far the most important producer of Riesling in the US, and Chateau Ste. Michelle accounts for most of it, making over 1.2 million cases of Riesling annually. We recently sat down...
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Succulent Sweet Wines for the Holidays: The Best of 2018
What better time of the year to open a bottle of profusely perfumed, deeply flavored sweet wine than the Holidays? We’ve tasted a lot of them this past year from Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Washington,...
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Cabernet Sauvignon Reigns Supreme in Washington State
Red Willow Vineyard and its Chapel Washington State’s Cabernet Sauvignon plantings have increased dramatically in recent years, driven by consumer demand and the price premium this grape commands....
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Hors Catégorie: A Bit of Northern Rhone in Northern Oregon
Christophe Baron, most famous for his vineyards in The Rocks, has a new discovery, a very steeply sloped basalt hillside vineyard called Hors Catégorie located on the north fork of the Walla Walla...
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Eternal Wines: Current Releases from Walla Walla
Eternal Wines specializes in terroir driven, single vineyard wines from the Walla Walla and Columbia Valley appellations. Established by professional sommelier and winemaker Brad Binko in 2014,...
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Passionate About Grenache
The International Wine Review is passionate about Grenache, and we join others in celebrating International Grenache Day on the 3rd Friday of September. Over the years, we have prepared three major...
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Milbrandt Vineyards: New Releases from Washington State
Milbrandt Vineyards was founded in 1997 by brothers Butch and Jerry Milbrandt. Today, Butch owns the Milbrandt Vineyards brand while Jerry owns the vineyards which total nearly 4,000 acres across 23...
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Current and New Releases of Cabernet Sauvignon: California, Chile, Argentina...
The most widely planted grape variety on earth, Cabernet Sauvignon wines made in the Western Hemisphere are some of the world’s best. We’ve been fortunate to taste many of them over the years, and...
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